Definition of purposes Purposes
/pɚˈpʌsʌz/ - [perpusuz] -
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What does purposes mean?
Wiktionary 
- purposes (Noun)
Plural of purpose.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
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| purpose - an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" | ||
| intent, intention, aim, design | ||
| goal, end a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play" | ||
| idea, mind the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" | ||
| cross-purpose a contrary aim; "at cross-purposes" | ||
| final cause (philosophy) the end or purpose of a thing or process | ||
| sake a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest" | ||
| view the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited" | ||
| purpose - the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose" | ||
| determination | ||
| firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolve, firmness, resolution the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" | ||
| doggedness, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity, perseverance, persistence persistent determination | ||
| indefatigability, indefatigableness, tirelessness tireless determination | ||
| purpose - what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" | ||
| function, role, use | ||
| usefulness, utility the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane" | ||
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| purpose - reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" | ||
| resolve | ||
| make up one's mind, decide, determine reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" | ||
| purpose - propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" | ||
| aim, purport, propose | ||
| intend, mean, think have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" | ||
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Wiktionary
- purpose (Noun)
An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal. - purpose (Noun)
A result that is desired; an intention. - purpose (Noun)
The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination. - purpose (Noun)
The subject of discourse; the point at issue. - purpose (Noun)
The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way. - purpose (Verb)
Have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan. - purpose (Verb)
Passive Designed for some purpose. - purpose (Verb)
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- purpose (n.)
That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. - purpose (n.)
Proposal to another; discourse. - purpose (n.)
Instance; example. - purpose (v. t.)
To set forth; to bring forward. - purpose (v. t.)
To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause. - purpose (v. i.)
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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What you want to achieve or do. -
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An anticipated outcome that is intended to obtain or that guides your planned actions. -
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The act of intending to do something. -
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The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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purpose
pur′pos, n. idea or aim kept before the mind as the end of effort: aim, intention: effect: (Spens.) conversation: (pl.) a sort of conversational game.—Of, or On, purpose, with design, intentionally; To the purpose, to the point, or material to the question. [O. Fr. pourpos, propos—L. propositum, a thing intended—pro, forward, ponĕre, positum, to place.] -
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pur′pos, v.t. to intend (often followed by an infinitive or participial clause as its object).—v.i. to have an intention: (Spens.) to discourse.—adj. Pur′poseful, having an object: full of meaning.—adv. Pur′posefully.—n. Pur′posefulness.—adj. Pur′poseless, without purpose or effect: aimless.—adv. Pur′poselessly.—n. Pur′poselessness.—adj. Pur′pose-like, having a definite purpose: having the appearance of being fit for a purpose.—adv. Pur′posely, with purpose: intentionally.—n. Pur′poser.—adj. Pur′posive, having an aim: (biol.) functional.—n. Pur′posiveness. [O. Fr. purposer, form of proposer, influenced by Fr. propos.]
